Talish ( az, Talış, ; hy, Թալիշ) is a village in the

Tartar District Tartar District ( az, Tərtər rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the west of the country and belongs to the Karabakh Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Kalbajar, Goranboy, Yevlakh, Barda, ...

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, in the

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region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic

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-majority population prior to the

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, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.

History

During the

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period, the village was part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. During the course of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the side controlling the village has changed on numerous occasions. During the

First Nagorno-Karabakh War The First Nagorno-Karabakh War, referred to in Armenia as the Artsakh Liberation War ( hy, Արցախյան ազատամարտ, Artsakhyan azatamart) was an ethnic and territorial conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in th ...

, the village last changed hands when the village was recaptured by Armenian forces from the Azerbaijani side on 11 April 1994. After the war, the village was administrated as part of the Martakert Province of the breakaway

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. During the

2016 Armenian-Azerbaijani clashes The 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, also known as the Four-Day War,, IPA: ʰɑroɾjɑ pɑtɛɾɑzm az, Dördgünlük müharibə April War,; or April clashes, began along the Nagorno-Karabakh line of contact on 1 April 2016 with the Artsakh D ...

, the village was severely damaged and was temporarily captured by Azerbaijani forces after most of its population had been evacuated, but was recaptured by Armenian forces before the end of the clashes. After the village was recaptured, an elderly Armenian couple was found executed in their home with their ears cut off. The village was captured by Azerbaijan during the

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a church built in 1151, a 12th/13th-century

khachkar A ''khachkar'', also known as a ''khatchkar'' or Armenian cross-stone ( hy, խաչքար, , խաչ xačʿ "cross" + քար kʿar "stone") is a carved, memorial stele bearing a cross, and often with additional motifs such as rosettes, in ...

, the monastery of ''Horeka'' ( hy, Հոռեկա վանք, Horeka Vank, also known as the monastery of ''Glkho'', ) built in 1279-1284, the 13th-century village of ''Dyutakan'' (), a 17th-century church, a cemetery from between the 17th and 19th centuries, the

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of the Melik-Beglaryans ( hy, Մելիք-Բեգլարյանների ապարանք, Melik-Beglaryanneri Aparank) built in 1727, a 19th-century

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monument, and the church of ''Surb Amenaprkich'' ( hy, Սուրբ Ամենափրկիչ, ) built in 1894.

Demographics

The village had 581 inhabitants in 2005, and 597 inhabitants in 2015.

Gallery

Հոռեկա վանք.JPG, Horeka Monastery, a 13th-century monastic complex near the village

References

External links

Թալիշ. մարդիկ և կյանքը վերադառնում են գյուղ
{{DEFAULTSORT:Talish, Tartar Populated places in Tartar District Nagorno-Karabakh